Re:Source: Microsoft mulled an $8B bid for Slack, will focus...
by douche on Friday March 04, 2016 @03:13PM
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If you're using Lync, but can get by with just IM and presence, install Pidgin and use SIPE[1]. Even if you're on Windows, it's worth doing - Lync has some silly restrictions about running multiple instances, and no way to connect to more than one account at a time
[1] http://sipe.sourceforge.net/